Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-03

his large oiskin coat on, directing th
men VINO were getting ready to launcl
TWO boats, The ship was fast sinkint
and the decks now lay almost at fin,
) ! water edge w WV
We'd forgotten all about you.' sait
the sailor who had unlocked my door.
went aft and took hand In launch
ing the boats. As | did so | heard the
captain say; Remember, mon, that we
to do your best and the mates and / are
10 say nothing about the mutiny. Quick.
with herr '"
In moment the boats were over tho
SIDE we were about to get into them
Wnen Nike said to the captain;
Amt we going to have sonc of them
smuggled diamonds for helping Won io
get them ashore, captain?'
! nave no diamonds, replied the
| captasn. Now that it's all over don I
mind telling you that there really is a
dead bondy in that boy. | tried to put
you fellows off by saying ihat it con.
| tanned diamonds and silks
Wen make sure of that, captain.
door with Tony.
The captain drew his revolver and
pointed it at Mike, who stopped. So did
Tony.
~" That box contains the body of my
sister. II must not be touched. If yoil
want TO live get into the boatr cried the
captain.
Mike, followed by Tony, climbed
down into the smaller of the two boats.
Ihcn six OF the men, the steward and
the two mates, tumbled into the larger
boat. The captain was about to follow
when the boat pushed off from the side.
Then the captain told me and the only re.
boat, INTO which he followed. We had |
Just pushed away when the bark gave |
plunge forward, keelcd over to one side |
ana sank. We narrowly escaped being |
sWamped by the sinking of the vessel |
we cou d see the land about twenty
miles to iceward. | noticed that the cap
tam didn't seem pleased at being in the
smaller boat along with Mike and Tony.
| thought that he was gong to hail the
big boat and have the mate change
places with him, but when | looked
around l saw that the other boat was
making rapidly for the land and was fast
getting beyond hailing distance. l
was Iony, who was next to Mike The
captain urged them to pull hard in order
to keep as near as possible to the biz
boat, but the two chaps took
it easy and in IN hour the other boat
was out of sight. 1 could hear Tony
and Mike whispering to each other in
low tones, but could not make out what
they said. The captain in steering the
boat moved rather stitfiy rs though his
clothes didn't set easy on him. | rot the
uea that he must have something slowed :
away about him. | had no doubt that !
he box had contained diamonds and that
ne had them about him. After we had !,
a a. | l
umped up and, pointing astern of the d
BOAT, cried, Look there!' (
The captain turned around to look i
lnu lony sprang over me. | saw the | I
,ladc OF stiletto flashing in his hand.
enick asa flash | grappled him, and we t
10Th fell in the bottom of the boat Mike !,
umped toward us, but before he could
10 anything the captain had got the sti- n
etto out of Tony's hand. Then he L
overed Tony with his pistol and made T.
n i'm crawl back to his place behind me.
he captain kept his pistol out and made
ne two mutinecrs row hard for ~
eVerai 5N hours we were getting in n
chooner camo along and picked A
s up. The captain said nothing about =.
&c mutlny. Late in the afternoon the =
2hooner landed us IN Bermuda, where -
e found the crew of the other boat. The N
ap.mn reported the loss of the bark to =
10 hiueFtcah conSul, Dut SAID nothing | I,
bout the mutiny. Nearly all of the crew u
1pped on vessels then in port. The .,
1nsul gave me passage on a steamer W
lat sailed for New York few days -
+terward. The captain came to see me M
II, and handed me an order for $500 on -
10 New York agents. / at first told him II
at couldn. I take pay for helping him &. =.
smuggle diamonds, but he said that Oh
ere was no law against his taking dia. -
onds, from England and landing them T
an English colony, and that probably an
would dispose of his diamonds before lev
ling to America again. That ovcrcame sn, sn
y Scruples. With my $500 started here ha
the Junk line in small way. That, pa
is tho w1v I sf,r,ol Il, h,,o,' | trl
as - " '"'' pie